diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c b/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c
index 17dac8d0e11d..caf852554897 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@
 
 struct adjd_s311_data {
 	struct i2c_client *client;
-	u16 *buffer;
+	struct {
+		s16 chans[4];
+		s64 ts __aligned(8);
+	} scan;
 };
 
 enum adjd_s311_channel_idx {
@@ -129,10 +132,10 @@ static irqreturn_t adjd_s311_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto done;
 
-		data->buffer[j++] = ret & ADJD_S311_DATA_MASK;
+		data->scan.chans[j++] = ret & ADJD_S311_DATA_MASK;
 	}
 
-	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, data->buffer, time_ns);
+	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, &data->scan, time_ns);
 
 done:
 	iio_trigger_notify_done(indio_dev->trig);
@@ -225,23 +228,9 @@ static int adjd_s311_write_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static int adjd_s311_update_scan_mode(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
-	const unsigned long *scan_mask)
-{
-	struct adjd_s311_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-
-	kfree(data->buffer);
-	data->buffer = kmalloc(indio_dev->scan_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (data->buffer == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static const struct iio_info adjd_s311_info = {
 	.read_raw = adjd_s311_read_raw,
 	.write_raw = adjd_s311_write_raw,
-	.update_scan_mode = adjd_s311_update_scan_mode,
 };
 
 static int adjd_s311_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
@@ -286,11 +275,9 @@ exit_unreg_buffer:
 static int adjd_s311_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
-	struct adjd_s311_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 
 	iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
 	iio_triggered_buffer_cleanup(indio_dev);
-	kfree(data->buffer);
 
 	return 0;
 }